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Even though her BG was 427PMPS last night I was quite pleased at how gentle the curve down had been. I thought it would have been worse starting the injection at that number. Usually the bounce is worse. What I was most pleased about was how I responded to her BG of 100 @ +5. As you know, history has show that is Olive's take action number because in the span of 30 minutes she can dive to 50 at that point. But this time I decided, judging by her slower dips, that I had time to not panic. The old me would have given a few drops of honey along with her food and gravy, gravy, gravy over the next half hour to an hour until I saw her numbers rising. I didn't do that this time. The one and only thing I did differently in addition to feeding her 3 tsp more of food was that I added a 1/2cc of Friskies gravy to the food. It was such a teeny amount. I wanted to start small and see what would happen verses giving too much and causing a spike/bounce. My goal was to continue that nice gentle curve. Then I didn't do another thing for an hour and her BG went up 12 points. I wasn't going to feed her anything else for a few hours after that slight rise but she came to us wanting food and she ate with gusto. By +7 she was 173 and I planned on testing again @ + 10 just to see where her BG was but missed the time slot. By the AMPS injection time she was 517. Ouch! I expected quite the bounce through the night/morning but all that happened was she didn't drop as I expected and stayed in the pink the whole cycle. Interesting. well, it's better than black! I've noted her BG levels haven't been jumping crazy as it always has before. It's all far more controlled and not swinging wildly from one end to the other. I like this. We've been gone several times today, traveling back home every 2-3 hours to feed her and test, but she seems totally fine and is actually eating a little more when I offer.
Even though her BG was 427PMPS last night I was quite pleased at how gentle the curve down had been. I thought it would have been worse starting the injection at that number. Usually the bounce is worse. What I was most pleased about was how I responded to her BG of 100 @ +5. As you know, history has show that is Olive's take action number because in the span of 30 minutes she can dive to 50 at that point. But this time I decided, judging by her slower dips, that I had time to not panic. The old me would have given a few drops of honey along with her food and gravy, gravy, gravy over the next half hour to an hour until I saw her numbers rising. I didn't do that this time. The one and only thing I did differently in addition to feeding her 3 tsp more of food was that I added a 1/2cc of Friskies gravy to the food. It was such a teeny amount. I wanted to start small and see what would happen verses giving too much and causing a spike/bounce. My goal was to continue that nice gentle curve. Then I didn't do another thing for an hour and her BG went up 12 points. I wasn't going to feed her anything else for a few hours after that slight rise but she came to us wanting food and she ate with gusto. By +7 she was 173 and I planned on testing again @ + 10 just to see where her BG was but missed the time slot. By the AMPS injection time she was 517. Ouch! I expected quite the bounce through the night/morning but all that happened was she didn't drop as I expected and stayed in the pink the whole cycle. Interesting. well, it's better than black! I've noted her BG levels haven't been jumping crazy as it always has before. It's all far more controlled and not swinging wildly from one end to the other. I like this. We've been gone several times today, traveling back home every 2-3 hours to feed her and test, but she seems totally fine and is actually eating a little more when I offer.
Her PMPS BG was 387 and it's +4 and it's "HI" on the meter. I'm just so frustrated right now. It's like I finally get a step ahead and she starts to do really well then get pushed backwards for days. I suspected 4 hours ago the injection didn't go in because of her sudden movement. How I wish I could reshoot. Is that even a possibility? I'm going to assume it's not, but I thought I'd ask anyways.